Replaces vs Replacers - What's the difference?
replaces | replacers |
(replace)
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To restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
To supply or substitute an equivalent for.
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To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfill the end or office of.
To demolish a building and build an updated form of that building in its place.
(rare) To place again.
(rare) To put in a new or different place.
As a verb replaces
is third-person singular of replace.As a noun replacers is
plural of replacer.replaces
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Verb
(head)replace
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(replac)- When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
- The earl...was replaced in his government. — .
- You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
- I replaced my car with a newer model.
- The batteries were dead so I replaced them
- Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.
- This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
- This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. — .
